Training Citizen Journalists in Oakland

As you might guess from the title of this blog, I think this is a big deal … and long overdue (ht/ Buzzmachine).

For some of my links and previous discussion of this topic, see:

• Indypendent Journalism Workshop, October 13
• Citizen Journalism Support: Why No Reporter Training?
• What This is All About
• Largemouth: A Citizen Journalism Syllabus
• Madison Commons Community Journalism Workshop: Fall 2007
• The Largemouth Citizen Journalism Manual
• What I’ve Learned Teaching Citizen Journalists (Doug McGill)
• World/University of Kansas Citizen-Journalism Training